Seven patterns
01 — The PatternsThe Striver. The Devoted. The Protector. The Performer. The Fixer. The Conductor. The Strategist. Each one a brilliant adaptation — a strategy that solved something real, early, and well. So well it became invisible. So invisible it started running you.
The promotion that demotes you is the one that asks you to stop being good at what you were good at.
Latest writing
Patterns from the coaching room. Short pieces. No advice. Just what I notice.
The Role You Can't Take Off
He knew who he was at work. He had no idea who he was without it.
Read →The Meeting You Over-Prepared For
She rehearsed every answer. The question she couldn't prepare for was the one that mattered.
Read →The Yes That Costs You
He said yes to the restructure, the extra workload, the delayed holiday. Saying no felt like something he could not afford.
Read →Becoming Leader · Book series
The books
Each book names a single pattern from the coaching room. Short. No frameworks. Just the thing you recognise.
What clients say
The work speaks
Through the people who've done it.
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When reading isn’t enough, there is the work: books, a self-paced practice, a peer group, and — for a few people a year — one-to-one engagements. You don’t have to do any of it. Most people never see the pattern in the first place.